It is compulsory to hold a valid FAI sporting license from your National Airsport Control Organisation (NAC) to participate in all FAI-sanctioned events (Category 1 and 2). Please note that the FAI ...

Corinna Schwiegershausen was born in Bremen, Germany in 1972 and took up hang gliding in 1991. She has been FAI Women's World Hang Gliding Champion four times. "My father started the sport and I ...

It is exactly 30 years since Kanellos Kanellopoulos, a Greek cyclist who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, functioned as human engine for the 1988 MIT Deadalus project, completing a ...

1.- Background a) Background in Astronautics Sir Isaac Newton discovered the concept of what is commonly named nowadays “orbiting”, long ago. This famous XVII-XVIII century scientist described what he ...

By Jonathan Perron-Clow, President, AeroClub of Canada, and member of the FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA) Public and Media Relations Sub-Committee ...

IGC conducts FAI's Gliding activities, in particular World Records and Competitions with the exception of Glider Aerobatics ...

The FAI Young Artists Contest is an international art contest for youngsters between the ages of 6 and 18. Each FAI Member Country sponsors the contest in their country, and the national winners are ...

The FAI Astronautic Records Commission (ICARE) appraises and administers manned spaceflight record activities Read more ...

FAI medals and diplomas aim at giving public recognition to those who have made outstanding contributions to aeronautics and astronautics, especially in the field of sporting aviation. They are ...

The Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett, the FAI World Long Distance Gas Balloon Championship, is the oldest and most prestigious event in aviation and the ultimate challenge for the pilots. It is a ...

The FAI World Air Games is the premier, international, multi-discipline air sports event conducted under FAI rules. A true air sports extravaganza, it attracts the world’s top air sports athletes, all ...

FAI F3F World Cup 2019 The final result (21/21 competitions) Congratulations to Siegfried Schedel (GER), the winner of the FAI F3F World Cup Series 2019! The Viking Race trophy is on it´s way from ...